Concepción, Chile

Concepción is a ceety an commune o Chile. The ceety is the seicont-lairgest conurbation (Greater Concepción), wi a population o aroond 889,725 an aurie o 222 km2. Its the maist populous ceety an metropolitan aurie in the sooth o Chile, an is the caipital o the Concepción Province an the Region o Bio-Bío.

Concepción La Concepción de María Purísima del Nuevo Extremo (oreeginal name)
Ceety an Commune
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Biobío's Pearl
Motto(s):  La Capital del Sur de Chile The Caipital o the Sooth o Chile
Location in the Biobío Region
Concepción Location in Chile
Coordinates (alcalde's office): 36°49′41.50″S 73°03′04.93″W
Kintra	Chile
Region	Biobío
Province	Concepción
Foondit	5 October 1550
Foondit bi	Pedro de Valdivia
Govrenment [1]
• Teep	Municipality
• Alcalde	Patricio Kuhn (UDI)
Area
• Ceety an Commune	222 km2 (86 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Ceety an Commune	292,589
• Density	1318/km2 (3,410/sq mi)
• Metro	1,322,581
Demonym(s)	Penquista
Time zone	UTC−4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (CLST)
Post code	3349001
Telephone prefix	56 + 41
Website	Municipality o Concepción

Inhabitants o Concepción are referred tae as "Penquista" . The ceety is nicknamed bi Concepción's inhabitants the "La Perla del Bio-Bío" .

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Twin touns — Sister Ceeties

Concepción is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:

• Sucre, Bolivie
• Caracas, Venezuela
• La Plata, Argentinae
• Cascavel, Brazil
• Rosario, Argentinae
• Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Bethlehem, Palestine
• Auckland, New Zealand

See forby

• Greater Concepción

External links

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Wiktionar

Rake fer Concepción i the
Scots Wiktionar, the free Scots dictionar.

• Concepción municipality (Spaingie)
• El Sur, newspaper of Concepción (Spaingie)
• Viveconce, Event schedule of Concepción (Spaingie)
• Octava, Website directory Archived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
• HelloChile - Spanish tutoring and tourism in and around the city of Concepción, Information in English about the Chilean life and places to visit (Inglis)

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